Reclining-chair



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M. O. BALDWIN.

REGLINING UHAIR.

No. 270,724. Patented Jan. 16,1883.

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REULINING CHAIR.

No. 270,724. Patented Ia-1116,1883;

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REGLINING CHAIR.

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M. O. BALDWIN.

REGLINING CHAIR.

No. 270,724. Patented Jan.16,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT DF ICE.

'MAROELLUS O. BALDWIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

RECLINING-CHAIIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,724, dated January 16, 1883,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MA oELLUs O. BALD- WIN, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and'State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reclining-Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

from the arm of the chair and will automati-- cally throw the head-rest forward to give increased comfort for the head, and an extension foot-rest which is supported in the same plane with the seat and is returned within and concealed by the chair seat and back when not in use; and it consists, first, in a movable hinged head-rest attached by suitable devices to the chair-seat, and the means for throwing said head-rest forward by an opposite declension of the chair-back when extended; second, in the arrangement horizontally of the t'ootsupport and its flexible extension within the chair seat and back; third, in the arrangement of the slotted plate in the back of achair to regulate the extension of the foot-rest and its easy adjustment in line with the chair-seat; fourth, in the means for securing the foot-rest from free movement orin afixed position when extended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the chair. Fig. 2 is a front view of the chair, showing its several parts with its back and foot-rest extended asin use. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the chair. Fig. 4 is a side view of the extension foot-rest. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the foot-rest and flexible extension of the same. Fig. 6 is a rear view of the back of the chair, showing the means for holding the foot-rest from movement.

A A are the ordinary braces to a chair, and joined to the seat-frame r by pivots d d.

B is the seat of the chair, having frame 1' slotted at p to receive the extension foot-rest F.

O is the arm of the chair, pivoted to the chairback at f and to thestandard G at n.

which passes through the chair-back.

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E is a slotted plate secured to the back of the chair, or forming part of said chair-back, and having slot a to receive the bolt or thumbscrew connection on plate g.

F is the foot rest, having cross-pieces s s and extension I, constructed with flexible joints t.

G is a standard attached at a to the arm and at e to the side of the chair.

H is a chair-support to which the seat is attached.

K is a plate on foot-rest F for concealing slotp in the chair-seat.

b is a rod or bar attached to the head-rest at u and to the chair-frame at c by means of projections j.

g is a plate forming a slot or guide for the flexible extension of the foot-rest.

0 0 are slots or guides in which foot-rest F is held within the seat.

tie a thumb-screw or bolt secured to the plate 11 on the foot-rest.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the declension of the chair-back a rigid rod or bar, b, is hinged to the head rest at a suitabledistauce in rear ofits connection within the back of the chair to afford the requisite leverage and concealment, and also rigidly connected in a parallel line with the back to the seat. Bythis means the upperend of the headrest is thrown forward automatically, in the deolension of the back, with economy of space, and in this result a more useful and practica' ble adjustment of the head-rest is attained.

The seat of the chair-frame ris formed with a lateral opening, 1), to a certain width to receive the foot-rest F. To maintain the said foot-rest, when extended, always in the same horizontal plane with the chair-seat, I form rear flexible extension end of s the foot-rest, which is designed to be concealed by or enter the chair-back when closed, I form with a uumberofstop-joints, t, which, when extended into the guides on the back of the chair, will Ioo ' pass the curved projection at the lower end of guides g and enter said guides either vertically or at any angle in which the chair-back may be adjusted. In extending the foot-rest outwardly each joint is held by the stop 00, in following guides g, in the same plane with the rigid portion of the foot-rest. The stops may be extended across the flexible extension of the foot-rest, or constructed of separate pieces hinged in a suitable way to accomplish the same results.

To withdraw the foot-rest into the back of the chair, as indicated by dotted lines, a plate, E, is attached perpendicularly to the chairback and slotted to receive a bolt or thumbscrew attached to the plate q of the flexible end of the foot-rest. I am enabled thereby to extend the foot-rest at any relative distance horizontally to the width of a chair-seat or withdraw the same from view. This seat may be extended in width to afford all the conveniences of a lounge or bed without any modifications.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. In a reclining-chair having an adjustable back hinged to the back of the seat and an adjustable head-rest hinged at its anteriorand lower part to the back of the chair, the combination of an independent rigid rod or bar pivoted directly to the lower posterior part of the head-rest, and also to the back of the chairscat in a parallel relation to the chair-back and within the same, for the'purpose described.

2. In a chair provided with a foot-rest arranged to slide under the seatin suitable guides, the combination of arear flexible extension adapted to form a rigid connection with and a support to the foot-rest when the latter is extended, for the purpose set forth.

' 3. In combination with the seat and back of a chair hinged together and provided with grooves, afoot-rest provided with a rear flexible extension, wher?y said foot-rest may slide in said grooves in t to seat and back when the back is erect or inclined at any angle, as shown and described.

4:. In combination with the seat and back of 'a chair hinged together and provided with grooves, and a foot-rest provided with a rear flexible extension which is adapted to enter said grooves in the seat and back when the back is erect or inclined at any angle, alook-- ing device constructed with the rear flexible extension of the foot-rest and the back ofsaid chair, for the purpose described.

MAROELLUS O. BALDWIN.

W'itnesses:

T. El. KENNEDY, DESHLER BEESON. 

